Eaves-trough hanger.



y no. 742,371. PATENTED 001-27, 1903'. H. E. ADAMS & J. MULVEY.

EAVES TROUGH HANGER,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1903.

UNITE STATES Patented October 27, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. ADAMS AND JAMES MULVEY, OF ASHTABULA HARBOR, OHIO.

EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,371, dated October27, 1903. Application filed March 14, 1903- Serial No. 147,838. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it m/(Ly concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY E. ADAMS and JAMES MULVEY, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Ashtabula Harbor, in the county of Ashtabulaand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEaves-Trough Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is especially designed to provide a simple and cheaphanger for supporting eaves-troughs of buildings,being adapted, however,for use as supporting means for pipes and analogous purposes. The deviceis comprised of a metallic strap folded in a peculiar manner to form asupporting-loop and assembled so as to form a compact article of greatstrength and rigidity when inposition.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modi fication, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a perspective View showing the device applied. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the hanger. Fig. 3 is-a perspective view showing the hangerpreparatory to using in suspending a trough. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective of a keeper.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The device is preferably made from a metallic strip and comprises anattaching portion 1, suspending-loop 2, and a keeper element 3, by whichthe suspending-loop is supported. The attaching portion 1 is providedwith a perforation or perforations 4, by which the hanger is attached tothe building or to whatever it may be applied. The strap is bent firstto form the suspending-loop 2, the end portion 5 being bent upwardlyandextending approximately in contact with the attaching portion 1 andis folded upon itself and extends beneath the initial bend of the loopas the latter extends from the attaching portion 1. The portion of theend of the strap which extends beneath the attaching portion 1constitutes a stop 6 to limit the downward movement of the saidattaching portion.

In order to constitute a more rigid construction,'the horizontalportions of the strap,which form the upper side of the loop 2, arearched in a manner which will be readily noted. The

keeper 3 consists of a metallic strip, having its end portions 7 bent soas to embrace the attaching portion 1, the body of the keeper beinginclosed within the fold 8 upon the end of the strip. It will thus beseen that the stop 6, which is an extension of the fold S, is disposedbeneath the attaching portion 1 of the hanger and supports this portionin a manner which has been before premised. The keeperprevents anydownward movement of the fold, since it clamps the fold to the attachingportion 1. The end portions of the keeper impinge against the upper sideof the loop, and by so doing the said keeper cooperates with the strip 6to substantially lock the end of the strap forming a part of the upperportion of the loop 2 to the attaching portion.

The device embodies a simplicity of structure and a minimum number ofparts and is easily applied and readily disengaged when desirable.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Ahanger consisting of a' strap bent to form an attaching portion and asuspendingloop, the lower end of the said strap being folded to form astop, and a keeper for securing the said end to the attaching portion ofthe hanger, substantially as described.

2. In a hanger of the character described, and comprising a strap bentto form an attaching portion and a suspending-loop, afold provided atthe end of the suspending-loop, and a keeper embraced by the said foldand having its end portions embracing the attaching portion of thehanger, substantially as described.

3. In a hanger of the character described, and consisting of a strapbent to form an attaching portion and a suspending-loop and having itslower end bent to extend approximately in contact with the saidattaching portion and provided with a stop extending beneath the saidattaching portion, and a keeper within the aforesaid fold and embracingthe attaching portion, whereby the said folded end portion is secured tothe attaching portion of the hanger, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY E. ADAMS. JAMES MULVEY. Witnesses:

(J. R. STAHRE, N. B. EASTLAKE.

